There's a problem with your browser or settings.

Your browser or your browser's settings are not supported. To get the best experience possible, please download a compatible browser. If you know your browser is up to date, you should check to ensure that
javascript is enabled.

Feature

In this interactive, navigable video player, Dr. John Mather presents his hour-long lecture on the story of the universe, from the Big Bang to the James Webb Space Telescope. Credit: NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center› Launch interactive
Greenbelt, Md. -- NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center presents “The Story of the Universe” as told by NASA scientist and 2006 Nobel laureate Dr. John Mather. In this new Web interactive, Mather discusses his humble beginnings on a farm in Sussex County, New Jersey, what it was like to win the coveted Nobel Prize in Physics and how he feels about his work on the James Webb Space Telescope.

Members of the Goddard multimedia team have created a Web video browser that provides viewers with a virtual seat in the lecture hall. Listen in as Mather presents a history lesson spanning more than 13 billion years about the formation of the universe, galaxies, stars, planets and life. The story also describes the accomplishments of modern astronomy pioneer Galileo Galilei, Edwin Hubble, and Albert Einstein, whose discoveries lent support to the Big Bang theory.

But this is no typical lecture. Through the use of video chapter navigation, you are in control. At your own pace, jump from topics like “The Center of the Universe,” or “How Did We Get Here?” to “Dark Matter/Dark Energy” and others. Still not satisfied? The interactive also includes supporting materials and links to sites where you can dig even deeper.